Andy Fox, PLA, will present the 2024 Waldorf Lecture. Fox is a professor of landscape architecture and environmental planning, university faculty scholar and community engaged faculty fellow at North ...

This year's annual James B. Francis Lecture will focus on "Red Hot Cities: The Environmental and Community Impact of Urban Heat Islands." Sept. 27, 5-6 p.m. ETIC Atrium, free and open to the public.

When one thinks about a diverse environment, indoor areas usually don’t come to mind. However, indoor environments are ripe for microorganisms, which can enter on humans and via exchanges with outdoor ...

In the 21st century, humans live in high-density contexts and spend a very high proportion of time inside buildings. Indoor environmental quality has so far focused more on physical and chemical ...

On the same day that Hurricane Ian slammed southwest Florida, causing catastrophic flooding and deadly destruction, UMass Lowell students learned about the work of a recent alum to help protect Boston ...

We’re not living in a natural outcome of human needs and behavior. The built environment as we know it—buildings and the spaces between—does direct damage to our minds. Land use planning has had ...

The built environment plays an integral role in meeting society’s most basic needs of shelter, security, mobility, community, and water and waste treatment, but it also contributes significantly to ...

In preparation for Earth Week, MSU will present the Waldorf Lecture on the Environment featuring Todd Bridges at 2 p.m. April 12 in Dorman Hall's Room 140. Bridges, a former senior research scientist ...

The ‘built environment’ refers to the human-made environment that provides the setting for human activities, ranging in scale from buildings to cities and beyond. Natural hazards such as earthquakes, ...